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reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axis tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to see you. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. lots more ahead. we're expecting to see the president and mrs. obama dancing again shortly. plus, i'll repeat the thing about who made the shoes, which makes me blush for some reason. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] how do you define your moment? the blissful pause. just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery. the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, almost. the sweet reward. making a delicious choice that's also a smart choice. splenda® no calorie sweetener. with the original sug
reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axis tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to...
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thi neil: ronald reagan. >> exactly. republicans could learn a lot from george w. bush attitude towards immigration. neil: you don't think this is a slippery slope that what you do today you have to do for others as well? and will he provide for the kids they cannot be blamed if they came as infants you will not extend to their families as welle,lll. >> would i go to another country i do not expect them to bend the law is to - accommodate me.wh >> have you emigrated anywhere? >> when i go to another country for decades. neil: i think we're misses here is fact that those who use the lflegalsystem to become citizent takes a long time to go through that process, i had an exchange student, who lived with my process who is going through this process we're 8 years into this doing everything that the government requires, he is looking at what is going on, a lot of people getting short cults, some for -- cuts, and wondering what the hell am i busting my hump for trying to do things the right way, i could just stay back in shadows and then i can be come an legal st. ancitiz
thi neil: ronald reagan. >> exactly. republicans could learn a lot from george w. bush attitude towards immigration. neil: you don't think this is a slippery slope that what you do today you have to do for others as well? and will he provide for the kids they cannot be blamed if they came as infants you will not extend to their families as welle,lll. >> would i go to another country i do not expect them to bend the law is to - accommodate me.wh >> have you emigrated anywhere?...
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even through what would ronald reagan do reference for good measure. plus more on the bombshell report that te'o's girlfriend that inspired him did not, in fact, exist. we'll break down all the details but lance armstrong is the sports story the year and it's bizarre. first let's get to the news live here at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. we begin this morning with gun violence in america. president obama planning to introduce legislation next week calling for the biggest changes to gun laws this country has seen in two decades. yesterday the president surrounded by children who wrote him letters after the newtown tragedy urged congress to take action on a number of proposals including universal background checks for anyone buying a gun, restoring the ban on military style assault weapons and limiting magazines to ten rounds, giving law enforcement additional tools to prosecute gun crimes and improving the mental health system for young people in this country. the president also outlined 23 executive orders that mostly reinforced existing laws,
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second, when ronald reagan came in revenues were 1 19.5% of gdp, that was carter's tax level, he cut taxes a little bit, but 2012, they were down to 16%, both parties were cutting taxes while they let spending go up, so now we have lowest tax burden in last 50 years and highest level of spending we've seen since world war ii. neil: rather than raise revenues. >> you have to do more. neil: raise taxes more, on more people. >> i don't' to get into taxes, but yes, we need a new tax, you cannot get it out of income tax, it is clear we tapped that out, we need a consumption tax this country over spends, under saves, under invests, we're living beyond our means issue we're living in a fairytale, we have to pay our bills. neil: europe has value added tax, most countries do. they are not flying on all cylinders. >> everyone has their problem. if we fund 20% of gdprkz, i think we can get spending down to, but i tell you what it will take in a moment, it will horrify everyone on capitol hill, to get it, i it to 20%, we to have a consumption tax of large magnitude, stop taxing payroll, that is
second, when ronald reagan came in revenues were 1 19.5% of gdp, that was carter's tax level, he cut taxes a little bit, but 2012, they were down to 16%, both parties were cutting taxes while they let spending go up, so now we have lowest tax burden in last 50 years and highest level of spending we've seen since world war ii. neil: rather than raise revenues. >> you have to do more. neil: raise taxes more, on more people. >> i don't' to get into taxes, but yes, we need a new tax,...
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ronald reagan's staunch republican. yes, they crafted a bipartisan compromise with bradley dan rostenkowski bob packwood being part of the movers of this compromise. password to the affordable care act. it is arguably even more difficult to craft a compromise within one party, the democratic party because of the permanent campaign and how not just polarized, but resistance to compromise the two parties were. so the comparison between the tax reform act and the affordable care act helps us see how much more difficult compromise now is an how much more important it is for two parties to get together to craft a compromise on immigration, tax reform, and many other issues that the country now needs. >> host: is there a golden age of compromise? to real crises, 9/11 from a world to land themselves to compromise -- political compromise? >> guest: compromises always has and the way we should judge the ability of our politicians to compromise is what i heard the great goals they have succeeded in getting that they couldn't have
ronald reagan's staunch republican. yes, they crafted a bipartisan compromise with bradley dan rostenkowski bob packwood being part of the movers of this compromise. password to the affordable care act. it is arguably even more difficult to craft a compromise within one party, the democratic party because of the permanent campaign and how not just polarized, but resistance to compromise the two parties were. so the comparison between the tax reform act and the affordable care act helps us see...
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here is ronald reagan in a 1999 ceremony. >> i want to tell all of you here today something that i'm not sure you know. you do know that i'm a member of the nra. and my position on the right to bear arms is well-known but i want you to know something else and i'm poing to say it in clear unmistakable language. i support the brady bill and i urge the congress to enact it. >> today you can't get the party that worships that man to say those words. >> that is right. but in the interest of real balance here, first of all, the most important fact about the guns that were used in newtown, is that the shooter had a choice of weapons and he did not choose the two deer hunting rifles that were also in the house available to him. so it is very clear what should and should ptnn't be legal. but it is important to note unless we get aheld of the mental health situation in this country. we are going to continue to have these massacres. i know parents of grown children who have had violent tendencies and they live in fear that their kid is going to be the next shooter and they have had no legal rec
here is ronald reagan in a 1999 ceremony. >> i want to tell all of you here today something that i'm not sure you know. you do know that i'm a member of the nra. and my position on the right to bear arms is well-known but i want you to know something else and i'm poing to say it in clear unmistakable language. i support the brady bill and i urge the congress to enact it. >> today you can't get the party that worships that man to say those words. >> that is right. but in the...
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all of that changed starting with ronald reagan and it has become worse and worse. the party has left women out of this equation. very anti-abortion, and now anti-birth control. we are now fighting for access to contraception both republican members of congress and in the state legislatures that are dominated by conservative republicans in where you have these conservative right wing republican governors, some of the worst laws being passed now to punish women and to deny access to reproductive health care. >> it's unbelievable. let me bring in my epic politics man because i want to know whether or not this will ever be a winning strategy for republicans. >> what kathy is saying is true. when you look back at what ronald reagan did and the affect he had on later generations on republicans, it was almost as if they wanted to adopt his doctrine going forward. it worked for a while. even today we see a meeting in williamsburg, virginia, talking about changing their messaging. if wasn't worth talking about rape. they're starting to learn that it's resonating with a few
all of that changed starting with ronald reagan and it has become worse and worse. the party has left women out of this equation. very anti-abortion, and now anti-birth control. we are now fighting for access to contraception both republican members of congress and in the state legislatures that are dominated by conservative republicans in where you have these conservative right wing republican governors, some of the worst laws being passed now to punish women and to deny access to reproductive...
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ronald reggae reagan would say age. bush wouldn't say global warming, and this president wouldn't say industrial complex. i'm privileged to have john graham from the environmental affairs with the new book" america's poor and the great recession." he'll detail specific policy programs and proposals that he believes both the left and the right can agree upon for tomorrow night with jeff sacks on one side, and newt gringrich on the other side, i hope they have a good conversation on what we can agree on with regard to poverty in america. >> john: overall how would you say that president obama is on the issue. i'm with you on the industrial complex issue but considering he has changed the tax code recently, is interest a way to make this an issue he can win on? >> yes. we won't know how really good the fiscal cliff and negotiations are really good until we get to march when spending cuts are really on the table and we start talking about the debt ceiling. but teetering on cliffs and bumping up against ceiling is no way to
ronald reggae reagan would say age. bush wouldn't say global warming, and this president wouldn't say industrial complex. i'm privileged to have john graham from the environmental affairs with the new book" america's poor and the great recession." he'll detail specific policy programs and proposals that he believes both the left and the right can agree upon for tomorrow night with jeff sacks on one side, and newt gringrich on the other side, i hope they have a good conversation on...
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one thing to remember is that ronald reagan got tax reform in his second term. got a major arms control treat werussia. bill clinton balancessed the federal budget, snag both parties say they want to do and will be front and center in the days ahead. the bottom line is this is a president with an enormous opportunity before him. but let's not forget, some major challenges as well. >> a lot of people talk about when a second term becomes a lame duck. and it seems like the time clinks. >> reporter: it does. >> especially in recent years. >> reporter: no doubt. >> how much of a push do you think this president is going to make on big, bold moves, like immigration. he said he will push this -- this gun measure that he announced last week. what do you think is really behind the white house thinking? >> reporter: what's behind it is right to your point about timing and becoming a lame duck. they want to move on all of that, gun control, immigration reform, because they know they have to deal with the debt ceiling as l. i spoke to one of the president's closest adviser
one thing to remember is that ronald reagan got tax reform in his second term. got a major arms control treat werussia. bill clinton balancessed the federal budget, snag both parties say they want to do and will be front and center in the days ahead. the bottom line is this is a president with an enormous opportunity before him. but let's not forget, some major challenges as well. >> a lot of people talk about when a second term becomes a lame duck. and it seems like the time clinks....
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it is a ronald reagan vase. i don't know quite how else to describe it without getting into some trouble. >> how think it will look at your mantle? >> i think at $300 it may look best back in its box. >> that, of course, was our own tom brokaw and the late john chancellor. covering ronald reagan's second inaugural in 1985. the ceremony was held indoors because it was only 7 degrees outside. a lot colder, tom, the wind chill. 17 below we were told. well, we were hoping for warmer weather on monday. >> ronald reagan's first inaugural was bitterly cold. jane pauly and i were on the "today" show in those days, and that was the jimmy carter inauguration, and we were outside looking like third story men. we had stocking hats pulled down and big down jackets. >> actually, the reagan first was a balmy 55 because we were not even wearing coats. i remember being on the parade route with willard scott. when we look towards the inaugural, this is a second inaugural. not as much emotion as the first. coming after such a divi
it is a ronald reagan vase. i don't know quite how else to describe it without getting into some trouble. >> how think it will look at your mantle? >> i think at $300 it may look best back in its box. >> that, of course, was our own tom brokaw and the late john chancellor. covering ronald reagan's second inaugural in 1985. the ceremony was held indoors because it was only 7 degrees outside. a lot colder, tom, the wind chill. 17 below we were told. well, we were hoping for...
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the left likes to say, well, you know, ronald reagan raised the debt limit 18 times, george bush raised it 7 times, bill clinton raised it 8 times. so, you know, both sides do it so it must be okay, and from the perspective of fair and balanced, it has to stop no matter who is president. we go through the same cycle, we raise the debt limit, spend more,en go out and borrow more, and raise the debt limit again and it looks like it's unstoppable, but this is the check and balance of how to govern our society. we can't afford the bills we have now to pay. someone has to say, no, spend what you have and let's move on. >> brenda: you know, it doesn't really mean anything. why not get rid of it. it's been used for political hay, both parties have made political hay out of it. >> that's right, every 18 months we're going through an economic crisis and here we have another one brewing regarding the debt ceiling. let's get rid of it. i'm all for smaller government, but this economy right now, guys, still remains fragile and you can't have the american consumer having to worry about going through
the left likes to say, well, you know, ronald reagan raised the debt limit 18 times, george bush raised it 7 times, bill clinton raised it 8 times. so, you know, both sides do it so it must be okay, and from the perspective of fair and balanced, it has to stop no matter who is president. we go through the same cycle, we raise the debt limit, spend more,en go out and borrow more, and raise the debt limit again and it looks like it's unstoppable, but this is the check and balance of how to govern...
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. >> okay. 1985 ronald reagan comes up. he says exactly the opposite. exactly the opposite of barack obama reagan says the government's the problem. we ought to get the government out of the way and unleash the american people who will return the nation to prosperity. reagan very popular president among americans remains so. personally, personally barack obama very popular. i think his personal rate is around 59%. job approval 52. how can this country in the space of, what, almost 30 years, change so dramatically in our philosophy? >> well, first of all, obama today did say that it's a fiction to believe that government alone can solve all of the problems. so he is taking somewhat of a middle course now. if you look at that speech, i mean, it's an odd speech he just threw out things. there is kind of no coherent plan and, again, i think the missed opportunity was to say to the american public and the world, look, this is where i'm going. this is what matters. one, two, three. these are the things i'm going to do. and there was a scatter shot approach. a
. >> okay. 1985 ronald reagan comes up. he says exactly the opposite. exactly the opposite of barack obama reagan says the government's the problem. we ought to get the government out of the way and unleash the american people who will return the nation to prosperity. reagan very popular president among americans remains so. personally, personally barack obama very popular. i think his personal rate is around 59%. job approval 52. how can this country in the space of, what, almost 30...
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reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axs tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to see you. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. lots more ahead. we're expecting to see the president and mrs. obama dancing again shortly. plus, i'll repeat the thing about who made the shoes, which makes me blush for some reason. we'll be right back. >>> but we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friend. and we must carry those lessons into this time as well. we will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law. >> last week on the occasion of the end of president obama's first term in office, nbc n
reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axs tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to see...
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the last president to take the oath on a sunday was ronald reagan in 1985. enough with the real news, let's gather around the water cooler. what do you have for us? >> so good to be here with you. >> it is, right? >> exciting. >> i'm only doing small sips. >> say a big swig, please. just do it. for the viewers. >> a little guinness in the morning. it does the body good. i'm here with phil and kathy bowlen. they are huge "morning joe" fans. they were here four years ago for the inauguration. what keeps you watching? that's loyalty. that's what i love about "morning joe" fans. >> yes. >> just starting the day off with willy and now you is fun. >> this is a family affair. this is your very handsome son patty back here. he is the main bartender here at the dubliner. now i hear this is the president's watering hole. is that true? >> absolutely. >> whether was he here last? >> he was here st. patrick's day. >> what does you drink? >> guinness. >> no irish coffee? >> i'll take a guinness then. >> you got it, lewis. look at that. there is nothing better than the tas
the last president to take the oath on a sunday was ronald reagan in 1985. enough with the real news, let's gather around the water cooler. what do you have for us? >> so good to be here with you. >> it is, right? >> exciting. >> i'm only doing small sips. >> say a big swig, please. just do it. for the viewers. >> a little guinness in the morning. it does the body good. i'm here with phil and kathy bowlen. they are huge "morning joe" fans. they were...
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during the afternoon of inauguration day 1985, ronald reagan participated in a coin toss for super bowl xix between san francisco and miami. the president made the call live via satellite from the white house. james buchanan's inauguration in 1857 was delayed for 20 minutes because someone forgot to pick up the departing president. and 1889, a cake in the shape of the capitol building that was six feet high and weighing 800 pounds for benjamin harrison's cake. the commander in chief's ball will have the cake. lady gaga will perform on tuesday at the ball for white house staff employees. and actress and activist ashley judd is taking a close look at running against senate minority leader mitch mcconnell in kentucky in the 2014 race. >>> and elizabeth bush is running for congress in south carolina. she is not related to george w. bush but she is related to comedian stephen colbert. that's his sister. she may be getting a little free tv time. what do you think? that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> a series of gun show accidents, bash bra walters medical condition and video
during the afternoon of inauguration day 1985, ronald reagan participated in a coin toss for super bowl xix between san francisco and miami. the president made the call live via satellite from the white house. james buchanan's inauguration in 1857 was delayed for 20 minutes because someone forgot to pick up the departing president. and 1889, a cake in the shape of the capitol building that was six feet high and weighing 800 pounds for benjamin harrison's cake. the commander in chief's ball will...
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look at what hatched to not just ronald reagan, president clinton had to deal with impeachment. what is it about the second term? >> second terms have been tough. even for franklin roosevelt. he started off his second term with his first political loss. here is why second terms are tough. number 1 many presidents often put out their best ideas in their first term. they don't even know necessarily if they are going to get a second crack. secondly, washington can be brutal. you are a little bit battered after a first term. and finally you have been in the washington bubble much too long and you do and everyone is calling you mr. president, and you have all of these handlers, and pollsters and hucksters who always bring you down to the lowest common denominator. my first advice to barack obama, take all of those pollsters and hucksters and second them to a island far, far away for the next four years. >> michael: listening to what you just said and coming off of that, president obama a lot of people think he has been in his own bubble. does that make him unusual? >> it does make hi
look at what hatched to not just ronald reagan, president clinton had to deal with impeachment. what is it about the second term? >> second terms have been tough. even for franklin roosevelt. he started off his second term with his first political loss. here is why second terms are tough. number 1 many presidents often put out their best ideas in their first term. they don't even know necessarily if they are going to get a second crack. secondly, washington can be brutal. you are a little...
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reagan won in 1984, if we want to win the landslides that george h.w. bush won, we're going to have to have a much bigger tent, and we can't be the party of todd aiken or richard murdoch or sharon ankle or christine o'donnell. republican extremism in the republican process has allowed harry reid to remain majority leader of the u.s. senate. forget about being the conservative party or moderate party as nicolle wallace says, we've got to quit being the stupid party and do what william f. buckley told us to do 30, 40 years ago, that is play to win. you know, find the middle of the electorate and be conservative, but understand what the reality is in the middle of that electorate. and find the most conservative candidate that can win. we haven't done that for a very long time, and i can tell you this, we need to start doing this again right now. another great example, chuck hagel, republicans are against him, a republican. you look at the latest polls that have come out on hagel, americans support him by a 2 to 1 margin. with polls that just came out. it's
reagan won in 1984, if we want to win the landslides that george h.w. bush won, we're going to have to have a much bigger tent, and we can't be the party of todd aiken or richard murdoch or sharon ankle or christine o'donnell. republican extremism in the republican process has allowed harry reid to remain majority leader of the u.s. senate. forget about being the conservative party or moderate party as nicolle wallace says, we've got to quit being the stupid party and do what william f. buckley...
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ronald reagan and gerald ford both supported the weapons ban. why is an assault weapons ban such a red line for the nra? >> well, let me just say that if you are part of this vigilante culture which is even the minority of the nra the way you see the world i use the phrase as an arms race. means if the other guys has an assault weapon, you need a big bigger assault weapon. there is no reasonable accommodation to believe that someone with a reasonable accommodation disarms them theory. >> john: what do you say michael. >> i mean, there is no reason here right? there is no rationality here. there is an emotional response to a president they don't trust. a president they think wants to take away their guns. and will never believe otherwise. even if they just have hunting shotguns around the house. and they have been persuaded completely of the slippery slope argument, and just as the republican party has moved to the right since 1994 on a whole range of things, they've moved to the right on guns, too. and the nra has moved to the right of where it
ronald reagan and gerald ford both supported the weapons ban. why is an assault weapons ban such a red line for the nra? >> well, let me just say that if you are part of this vigilante culture which is even the minority of the nra the way you see the world i use the phrase as an arms race. means if the other guys has an assault weapon, you need a big bigger assault weapon. there is no reasonable accommodation to believe that someone with a reasonable accommodation disarms them theory....
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reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axs tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to see you. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. lots more ahead. we're expecting to see the president and mrs. obama dancing again shortly. plus, i'll repeat the thing about who made the shoes, which makes me blush for some reason. we'll be right back. pt what it'e to my hair, so i'm doing something new. new age defy from pantene. it's a system with pro-vitamins and caffeine. 7 signs of aging hair, like dryness and damage, virtually disappear to make hair act up to 10 years younger. new age defy, including advanced thickening. winner of an allure best of beauty breakthrough award. pantene expert collection.
reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axs tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to see...
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that was with ronald reagan as president. we did it with democratic votes. he was the chairman of ways and means. he was not going to come with a bill that was very pro-democrat. the question was whether we would sign onto the bill, pass it in the house and then try to fix it in the republican senate. our republican house members came to us and said if you try and do that, we're going to roll you. dick cheney, trent lott, they came down to my office at the treasury department and said if you go follow it with this rostenkowski bill and fix it in the senate, we're going to roll you. and they rolled us on the rule. they defeated us in the rule. and i went over to the white house having been the president's chief of staff for four years i said, mr. president, you've got to come out forcefully in favor of passing the bill so we can get it to the senate and fix it and that means rolling over our house republicans. well, guess what? after a little while he did it, we did it, and that's how we got there. it was successful and it initiated a period of extraordinary
that was with ronald reagan as president. we did it with democratic votes. he was the chairman of ways and means. he was not going to come with a bill that was very pro-democrat. the question was whether we would sign onto the bill, pass it in the house and then try to fix it in the republican senate. our republican house members came to us and said if you try and do that, we're going to roll you. dick cheney, trent lott, they came down to my office at the treasury department and said if you go...
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that was ronald reagan as president. we did it democratic votes. danny rostenkowski was chairman of ways and means. he wasn't going to come with a bill that wasn't very pro-democrat. so the question was whether he would sign on to that bill, pass it in the house and try to fix it in the republican senate? our republican house members came to us and said, if you try and do that, we're going to roll you. dick cheney, trent lott, all, they came down to my office at the treasury department. they said, if you go forward with this, with this rostenkowski bill, and we then say you're going to fix it in the senate, we're going to roll you and they rolled us on the rule. they defeated us on the rule and i went over to the white house, having been reagan's chief of staff for 4 1/2 years. and i said, mr. president, you have to come out forcefully in favor of passing the rostenkowski bill so we can get to it to the senate and fix it and that means rolling out of our house republicans. well, guess what. afterwards, he did it. he did it. and we did it. and that'
that was ronald reagan as president. we did it democratic votes. danny rostenkowski was chairman of ways and means. he wasn't going to come with a bill that wasn't very pro-democrat. so the question was whether he would sign on to that bill, pass it in the house and try to fix it in the republican senate? our republican house members came to us and said, if you try and do that, we're going to roll you. dick cheney, trent lott, all, they came down to my office at the treasury department. they...
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government is the problem. >> i sometimes wish read weed listen to ronald reagan yet again. i think a lot of us would recognize government is the problem and the people, the people with their ideas and their heart, and their passion, they are the solution. i'm not pessimistic about america, i'm optimistic as long as i believe trr there are american that's don't put trusts in politicians and government but put their trust in the lord and in the constitution, and in the future of americans doing great things. the current president keeps reminding us we ought to relie on government to take care of us but that is a very different message from the one john f kennedy made when he was inaugurated. >> to all my fellow americans ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for our country. >> my fellow citizens of the world, ask not what america will do for you, but what, together we can do for the freedom of man. >> you know when i hear that wonderful quote by president kennedy, i heard it all my life. i don't hear a democrat. he was a democrat. but i hear an americ
government is the problem. >> i sometimes wish read weed listen to ronald reagan yet again. i think a lot of us would recognize government is the problem and the people, the people with their ideas and their heart, and their passion, they are the solution. i'm not pessimistic about america, i'm optimistic as long as i believe trr there are american that's don't put trusts in politicians and government but put their trust in the lord and in the constitution, and in the future of americans...
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well, ed meese is an educated man who went to law school at berkeley, very close to ronald reagan before and during the reagan presidency. reagan made him attorney general but ed meese was forced to resign that office in scandal, back in the era when the words republican and attorney general almost always equalled scandal. president nixon's attorney general having been the first and only attorney general who was convicted of a crime and had to serve time for it. while ed meese was attorney general he became one of the very few and very lucky guys who got to watch a lot of porn and get paid for it. in 1984, reagan pointed the attorney general to head the attorney general's commission on pornography, which meant that for two years, ed meese got to look at gay porn, straight porn, all the porn he could possibly get his hands on, which as attorney general was a lot of porn. and after drowning in porn for two years, and getting paid for it, ed meese issued an almost 2,000 page report that reached this conclusion. although the evidence may be slim, we nevertheless now know enough to conclude t
well, ed meese is an educated man who went to law school at berkeley, very close to ronald reagan before and during the reagan presidency. reagan made him attorney general but ed meese was forced to resign that office in scandal, back in the era when the words republican and attorney general almost always equalled scandal. president nixon's attorney general having been the first and only attorney general who was convicted of a crime and had to serve time for it. while ed meese was attorney...
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bush and ronald reagan. this would be the decision that would be only as disastrous as it is profoundly unnecessary. because the truth is, as president obama noted yesterday the u.s. economy's actually poised for a good year if only congress can get out of the way. i kind of paraphrased that last part. now that we know we're not going to be minting a trillion dollar coin, we need something different. a bill that would repeal the debt ceiling altogether. it is an idea supported publicly by alan greenspan and times man of the year last year, ben bernanke. it is an idea that could prevent lawmakers from lurching our country from one crisis to the next just to ring out some short-term gain until another republican sits in the oval office. that's why it's probably an idea that this congress has no chance of making law. but joining me now is one of the sponsors of the bill to repeal the debt ceiling altogether, democratic congressman from vermont and a member of the committee on house oversight and government refo
bush and ronald reagan. this would be the decision that would be only as disastrous as it is profoundly unnecessary. because the truth is, as president obama noted yesterday the u.s. economy's actually poised for a good year if only congress can get out of the way. i kind of paraphrased that last part. now that we know we're not going to be minting a trillion dollar coin, we need something different. a bill that would repeal the debt ceiling altogether. it is an idea supported publicly by alan...
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ronald reagan made him national security advisor president bush 41 made him chairman of joints chief of staff and president bush 43 made him secretary of state. i don't think you can prove deep vein of intolerance by his personal experience. the comments he took frwere a couple of stray comments from this past presidential season one of them by sarah palin is not a central figure in republican party politics at the moment and wasn't then. she is out of lek tive office. she is more or less on the hisi lines she has a following to be sure then he spoke of the comment president obama was lazy. that need not be considered a racial comment. the president was known not to enjoy preparing for the debate. his aids were fearful he didn't do so intentionally enough for that first debate. i think the case that he makes is weak and it is an odd thing for a man who declares himself to be a republican and has done so well for republicans to say. >> how the media covered al gore al-jazeera. it is a scandal. the factor continues all across the usa and around the world. sometimes what we suffer from
ronald reagan made him national security advisor president bush 41 made him chairman of joints chief of staff and president bush 43 made him secretary of state. i don't think you can prove deep vein of intolerance by his personal experience. the comments he took frwere a couple of stray comments from this past presidential season one of them by sarah palin is not a central figure in republican party politics at the moment and wasn't then. she is out of lek tive office. she is more or less on...
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think eisenhower, think ronald reagan. lately, they can't get much closer to the northeast than ohio. not even that, the last two times, it's lots of people living in it that's become foreign territory to the gop. last night, as i watched the united states house of representatives vote on aid for hurricane sandy economic relief, i was reminded what's happened to the gop. and since, it's the fight against aid for people. last night, it was aid for hurricane victims living in the northeast. does anyone think it will stop there? the mood of the guns over people policies increasingly vote against people. why? i cannot figure. to paraphrase an old saying, guns don't vote, people do. i have a feeling there are more americans with strong feelings about those first graders up in connecticut than they do for their wild bunch out there worried about the black helicopter sweeping down on their front lawns. we've seen the horror of crazed killers with semi-automatic weapons armed with big-capacity clips. we still haven't caught site o
think eisenhower, think ronald reagan. lately, they can't get much closer to the northeast than ohio. not even that, the last two times, it's lots of people living in it that's become foreign territory to the gop. last night, as i watched the united states house of representatives vote on aid for hurricane sandy economic relief, i was reminded what's happened to the gop. and since, it's the fight against aid for people. last night, it was aid for hurricane victims living in the northeast. does...
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and so did ronald reagan. who wrote to congress in 1994 urging them -- this is ronald reagan speaking -- urging them to listen to the american public and to the law enforcement community and support a ban on the further manufacture of military-style assault weapons. >> wow. >> stephanie: yeah. let's go to mike in pittsburgh, who is cop. hi, mike. >> caller: hello, stephanie. listen, i'm a cop in pittsburgh. i'm also a desert storm combat vet, and i carry an ar-15 in my police car which is basically the same weapon as the connecticut shooter used. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: and i agree with general mccrystal, these type of weapons do not belong in the hands of civilians. they steal them. they shouldn't be made available to civilians. there's no need for them. >> stephanie: mike if you can hold over the break. i want to ask you why you don't think they will listen to law enforcement in this country. twenty-nine minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ that viewers like about th
and so did ronald reagan. who wrote to congress in 1994 urging them -- this is ronald reagan speaking -- urging them to listen to the american public and to the law enforcement community and support a ban on the further manufacture of military-style assault weapons. >> wow. >> stephanie: yeah. let's go to mike in pittsburgh, who is cop. hi, mike. >> caller: hello, stephanie. listen, i'm a cop in pittsburgh. i'm also a desert storm combat vet, and i carry an ar-15 in my police...
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same thing with ronald reagan and tip o'neill. they didn't get along politically but still they needed each other to accomplish what they accomplished. if barack obama does not reach out to john boehner and the republicans they will accomplish absolutely nothing. >> well, let's just hope that the past is prologue. meekle reagan the founder of reagan .com. thank you very much for joining us today, sir. >> thank you. >> 20 minutes after the top of the hour on this sunday morning. they can fight for our country so one lawmaker says 18-year-olds should be allowed to drink with their mom and dad's permission. should that decision really be left up to the parents? that debate coming up. ever wish you had some help doing the laundry. here is a way to get done that job. if you have a cat. are ♪ i paint people from my life mostly. my ex-girlfriend... 7th grade math teacher. who is this? that's pete. my... [ dennis' voice ] allstate agent. a "starving artist" has an allstate agent? he got me... [ dennis' voice ] the allstate value plan. i
same thing with ronald reagan and tip o'neill. they didn't get along politically but still they needed each other to accomplish what they accomplished. if barack obama does not reach out to john boehner and the republicans they will accomplish absolutely nothing. >> well, let's just hope that the past is prologue. meekle reagan the founder of reagan .com. thank you very much for joining us today, sir. >> thank you. >> 20 minutes after the top of the hour on this sunday...
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but ronald reagan was ronald reagan was smart enough to realize that he could take possession of this even though he did not order of this or choose this, he put it into his inaugural address. i am the first president to be looking west. i am looking out towards the pacific. he took ownership of that move from the east front to the west front even though he was not the person to choose it. this is an important lesson. ever since george washington came to the capital, congress has won the inaugural -- has run the inaugurations. that part is -- has been done by the congress. they start a year in advance, long before they know who is going to be nominated or elected. they start to make the plans, they pick a theme for the inauguration, they build the platform, they print the tickets, they get everything under way so that when somebody is elected in november, they can get everything done between november and january. for long periods in american history, the inauguration was on march 4. in january -- in 1933, the constitution was amended with the 20th amendment which moved the inauguratio
but ronald reagan was ronald reagan was smart enough to realize that he could take possession of this even though he did not order of this or choose this, he put it into his inaugural address. i am the first president to be looking west. i am looking out towards the pacific. he took ownership of that move from the east front to the west front even though he was not the person to choose it. this is an important lesson. ever since george washington came to the capital, congress has won the...
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. >> i would image if i were writing a speech for him i would inject a dose of ronald reagan optimism don't despair in america. >> follow me at twitter at james rosen and i will tell you which president was the first to have his inaugural address live nationwide. >> i always follow your twitter but i will especially tonight. >> you are always so good to me. >> the political landscape at the part of the term was different than it was when he came to the white house four years ago. republicans control the house. you need look no further than the recent game of political chicken over the fiscal cliff to know just how divided washington is. and more instance show downs are looming. one example the debt creel and controlli -- debt ceiling and what americans describe as out of control spending. what do key republicans take with the attitude toward congress at this point? >> to get real solutions president obama needs to understand what will pass in the republican led house. it will also be acceptable to him. lawmakers tend to be unhappy when the president goes around them. they called on mr
. >> i would image if i were writing a speech for him i would inject a dose of ronald reagan optimism don't despair in america. >> follow me at twitter at james rosen and i will tell you which president was the first to have his inaugural address live nationwide. >> i always follow your twitter but i will especially tonight. >> you are always so good to me. >> the political landscape at the part of the term was different than it was when he came to the white house...
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so as ronald reagan used to say, if you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat. i want to make them feel the heat from the american people. >> so senator, i'm just curious because you've been on the inside, and you're watching this gun debate from the outside of the halls of congress. what you think about the nra's response to everything since newtown? and could they be a better part of the conversation -- obviously, i have a very, you know, opposing point of view compared to what they stand for, but could they be a better part of the conversation had they acted differently? >> well, probably all players could. folks immediately jumped in on the left and the right, said here's what we have to do. here's what we can't do. and i think what you're starting to do this morning, i think what we're doing all over the country is stepping back, trying to have a discussion to dig down and understand the root causes and how we can over the short term and long term create a safer country for our children and all of our citizens. but there are a lot of things we need to have
so as ronald reagan used to say, if you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat. i want to make them feel the heat from the american people. >> so senator, i'm just curious because you've been on the inside, and you're watching this gun debate from the outside of the halls of congress. what you think about the nra's response to everything since newtown? and could they be a better part of the conversation -- obviously, i have a very, you know, opposing point of view compared...
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i don't remember any of these people, anyone on the conservative commentary, decrying ronald reagan's speeches when he put out conservative principles. the government is the problem, not the solution, and gave a point of view. so, i mean, it's really i think hypocrisy on their side saying, oh, my god, the president is sharing his values with us. that's what he was doing. i think it was very bold and very well-put, and this is what we have been fighting about for the last four years. it's what we will continue to fight about for the next four years. i thought one key point to the president's speech was, he said, listen, guys, talking to his core constituency groups, i can't do this on my own. you have to be engaged and we have to come up and win the best, sometimes partial victories we can because this is a 400-year long march that we're engaged in. >> i want you both to listen to the great senator mitch mcconnell who today this very -- >> must we? >> this very day said his objective, of course, remember in the first term was to make sure the president didn't get a second term. well, n
i don't remember any of these people, anyone on the conservative commentary, decrying ronald reagan's speeches when he put out conservative principles. the government is the problem, not the solution, and gave a point of view. so, i mean, it's really i think hypocrisy on their side saying, oh, my god, the president is sharing his values with us. that's what he was doing. i think it was very bold and very well-put, and this is what we have been fighting about for the last four years. it's what...
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very similar to what ronald reagan dealt with during his eight years. personally, the public really likes president obama. 74%. but his policies, again, more people disapprove of the policies. 49%, than approve of them there, at 47%. so what about the next four years? sort of a mixed optimism, if you will. i go back to the idea of pragmatic hope. 43% optimistic. 43% pessimistic. 22% kind of mixed. and staying with the theme of word clouds, david, we asked folks to send a message to president obama. what would they like to say for his second term? and as you can see here, look at the most popular phrases. a lot of them have to do with the economy. fix the economy. create jobs. then there's stop spending. and then of course probably the most important that he will talk about tomorrow, compromise, work together. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. >>> let me bring in the rest of our roundtable here. joe scarborough is here from msnbc's "morning joe." adviser to obama 2012, david axelrod. chief foreign correspondent richard engel is here, safe and sound in
very similar to what ronald reagan dealt with during his eight years. personally, the public really likes president obama. 74%. but his policies, again, more people disapprove of the policies. 49%, than approve of them there, at 47%. so what about the next four years? sort of a mixed optimism, if you will. i go back to the idea of pragmatic hope. 43% optimistic. 43% pessimistic. 22% kind of mixed. and staying with the theme of word clouds, david, we asked folks to send a message to president...
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reagan. in his margaret thatcher did in every major leader including every u.s. president democrat and republican alike his embrace that and sort of the big corporations i think it's a terrible system to say that the only reason business is there is actually that is absurd it's the first time we've anybody said this is for us and you know and the largest level what we need to do we the people we the consumers have more power perhaps than we realize that we have and we need to set a new goal for these corporations and only buy from corporations that have a stated objective of serving the public interest yes make a decent rate of return to encourage capital but also said is your main goal to serve us the people public interest employees suppliers consumers serving us that should be the goal of course i mean the system as it currently stands is completely unsustainable. and you don't have to be a genius to look at and say this is not going to last much longer and so short sighted john but i mean
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reagan, and still come out of the thing as a socialist who -- >> a secret muslim socialist who wants to take your guns. introo joo perhaps the most disturbing trend since the new town shootings has been the rise of conspiracy theorists who claim the whole thing was a hoax, part of an elaborate plan by the government to provoke enough anger to warrant rounding up your guns. websites, blogs, youtube videos have attacked the veracity of officials and official accounts of tragedy. they allege many of the people were actually 5k9ers. that the parents didn't show enough emotion and must be in the conspiracy. some claim if the shooting actually happened, there must have been more than one shooter and the government was involved somehow. one 30-minute truther video on youtube has been viewed over 10 million times, and it's not just the loons on the internet. james tracy is a tenured professor at florida atlantic university. take a look at what he wrote on his blog. while it sounds like an outrage us claim, one is left to inquire whether the sandy hook shooting ever took place, at least in th
reagan, and still come out of the thing as a socialist who -- >> a secret muslim socialist who wants to take your guns. introo joo perhaps the most disturbing trend since the new town shootings has been the rise of conspiracy theorists who claim the whole thing was a hoax, part of an elaborate plan by the government to provoke enough anger to warrant rounding up your guns. websites, blogs, youtube videos have attacked the veracity of officials and official accounts of tragedy. they allege...
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ronald reagan was yet to be sworn in and people still made mixed tapes. little did we know, did he know that 31 years later he'd be fighting with the tea party republican over his time in washington. >> remember the '70s? disco was king and rick nolan was in congress raising his own pay while attacking medicare. >> with four terms of seniority i'm able to hit the ground running and be in a position to really step up and make a difference. >> voters agreed and nolan coasted to a victory thanks in part fora late october visit by former president clinton. he isn't the same man. the 69-year-old democrat spent years promoting export and trade in minnesota, was ceo of the minnesota world trade center corporation. he's been married for nearly 30 years, raised four kids, and has ten grand kids. he's even done his share of globe trotting. at one point living in the middle east for four years. joining me now is a new congressman, who is an old congressman, rick nolan. good morning to you. >> good morning. delighted to be here. >> congressman, in our first conversat
ronald reagan was yet to be sworn in and people still made mixed tapes. little did we know, did he know that 31 years later he'd be fighting with the tea party republican over his time in washington. >> remember the '70s? disco was king and rick nolan was in congress raising his own pay while attacking medicare. >> with four terms of seniority i'm able to hit the ground running and be in a position to really step up and make a difference. >> voters agreed and nolan coasted to...